The Youth Tend to Think That Success, Wealth, and Diligence Can Offer Them Joy

    An experiment was conducted by Robert Waldinger and many associated with Harvard researchers. Waldinger and his team studied roughly about 2000 different men from their youth up until their elderly years. The study continued to receive notice of their activities, health, family...etc. While the tremendously long study had continued, Waldinger had gathered the information needed. Waldinger argues that numerous amounts of youthful people tend to think that success, wealth, and diligence can offer them joy, it is actually our interpersonal relationships that are the most fundamental to our well-being. Waldinger also argues that maintaining good partnerships is indeed beneficial for our bodies yet also beneficial for our minds. Personally, I agree, Our society has demonstrated how great it feels to become wealthy and famous, and It had completely shattered our relationships with loved ones. And instead, it had put out a goal for humans to gain ''happiness'' from fame and money, which tore our world apart.

    The TED talk has a connection to both the barbie doll poem and the beguiling truth. They all have to do with how society shoves ideas and decisions into your head. Society shoves and apprises you to become a perfect, wealthy celebrity, as spoken about within the topics. These synthetic ideas that are being put out there should never be considered especially when young teens are consuming this dreadful content; Society continues to coercive methods for compliance with social norms, and become physical and mental, which is detrimental to the general health of an individual. The message that should be received, especially at a young age is that interpersonal relationships are the most fundamental to our well-being and will lift us up, help us go through tough times, and increases our lifetime.

No One Is Ugly We Just Live In A Judgmental Society - Choose Beautiful Reflection | A Grade 9 Blog Entry

    A study was conducted to determine how women see themselves in various world regions. Two doors were present. One entry held the sign up perfectly, while another held it up about average. Many women hesitated before entering the door that held up the average, questioning whether they were good enough to do so. 90% opted for average. One woman admitted, "I even started to doubt myself for about three weeks." Her self-esteem was so low that she spent three weeks considering whether or not she met societal norms.  

    In fact, Mrs. Clinton once discussed how she dealt with her own negative thoughts once as a teenager, those thoughts included ones that expressed how she's not good enough;--  "I am talking about love and kindness," she adds. Illustrating how she later overcomes these throughout will the way she actually throughout of herself and not others' opinions.

    This has been created by our society, which wants to persuade women that if they don't appear beautiful on the outside, then their inner beauty must also be nonexistent. This is untrue; inner beauty is the most essential quality because it doesn't matter what type of skin or hair you have. To this day, many women feel insecure because society has high expectations for them to the point that they sit with their thoughts thinking that they are so ugly, but everyone is beautiful on the inside. Keep in mind...

"No one's ugly, we just live in a judgmental society".

- Kim Namjoon

Blank Pages and Growth Spurts: Becoming Me

Hello! My name is Amira El Mosalamy, born on the 19th of July, 2005, in Cairo, Egypt. A 14-year-old who is passionate about both blogging and documenting some of the ups and downs of early adolescence, facing a good share of stress, anxiety, and self-doubt. People often say, “Enjoy these years—they’re the best of your life,” but the reality isn’t always that simple. Finding a balance between academic stress and day-to-day responsibilities can be daunting even at such a young age. Despite all this, I endeavor to keep things in perspective by remembering the things I'm thankful for: a good education, a comfortable place to call home, and the love of a warm home-cooked meal.

People often express how adult life is more difficult than that of a teenager because of the burdens of responsibility adults tend to deal with, but I think it's deeper than that. When you are young and transition into taking on the kind of responsibilities that will determine your adult life, doing what seems right (unknowingly of how the world works) and trying to fit in socially is a battle often mishandled by society. That pressure to figure out and to grow up a certain way can feel even more difficult than some aspects of adulthood. That being said, dealing with these types of negative thoughts of: “Is my aim of being good enough, enough?” is quite heavy and mentally significant. Because no matter how improbable we face times of negative thoughts and adversity– it is an essential part of living and it must continue to exist to provide a framework for the next chapter in our lives; despite it coming in a way that vaguely quantifies the amount of growth we get from such hardship and difficult mental conversations. Good things can come out of things like these. 

If I had to label myself using one word, it would be this. Decisive. Though I'm still in the process of trying to figure that out. Labels — and who I am, as ironic as it is, writing this in an attempt to describe my life. And I think that's OK. Sometimes I take comfort in knowing that I possess the ability to color and fill in the blank pages in my unfinished boo,k I like to call “The Future”. Equally important, a few of my earliest memories in the past include playing tag with cousins and riding on my first train, which, much to my disappointment, wasn't as exciting as I'd anticipated (partially because I hate cold weather). And yes, as do many people my age, pizza, ice cream, pancakes, and waffles happen to be my top favorite things of all time, to name only a few.

Though at this age, I recognize that I must step up. Vowing to improve myself, both dietarily and academically, at least. On a lighter note, in 2020, I aim to convert weaknesses into strengths—improved grades, healthier options, and even perhaps wishing for a growth spurt (though genetics might have other plans). In other words, despite having a few months pass by already, I’ll take it slow, as long as I keep going. One of my all-time favorite quotes is by Confucius: "It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop." Such reminders kept me going during hard times, reminding me not to be defined nor encumbered by failures. 

In a nutshell, I hope this blog touched someone who needs that kind of encouragement. Some of the main themes here or the intentions of this blog are to improve my critical thinking skills, writing skills, and to be able to openly discuss things about self-improvement and relevant topics extracted from TED Talks to keep readers informed.